2017-18 Women's Basketball News

The Capital Athletic Conference today released the members of the All-CAC Women’s Basketball Teams, with Southern Virginia freshman Katie Garrish being named Rookie of the Year, and both Garrish and senior Shelby Butler voted to the All-CAC Second Team. The forwards helped lead Southern Virginia to a 12-win year, the highest win total the program has had since the 2012-13 season.

In its final home game of the year, the Southern Virginia University women's basketball team suffered a 71-63 Capital Athletic Conference loss to Frostburg State University Wednesday afternoon in the Knight Sports Arena.

The Southern Virginia University women’s basketball team hung with conference-leading No. 24 Marymount University through three quarters on Wednesday evening but was unable to come away with the win, falling 86-71.

Despite getting off to a slow start in the first half, the Southern Virginia University women’s basketball team managed to battle their way back for the victory against Penn St.-Harrisburg on Saturday afternoon, winning 72-66.

Southern Virginia freshman Katie Garrish has been named the Capital Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season after leading the Knights to a 2-0 week with road wins over Frostburg State and Wesley.

The Southern Virginia University women’s basketball team defeated Frostburg State University on Wednesday afternoon, snagging its third conference win and ninth victory overall. The win marks the highest win total the program has achieved since the 2012-13 campaign.

Despite a career-high 32 points from senior forward Shelby Butler, the Southern Virginia University women’s basketball team lost its contest with York College (Pa.) on Saturday afternoon by a score of 106-89.

Double-doubles from both Shelby Butler and Katie Garrish were not enough Wednesday evening as the Southern Virginia University women’s basketball team dropped its Capital Athletic Conference matchup with St. Mary’s (Md.) by a tally of 66-59.

A monster game from freshman forward Katie Garrish started the new year off right for the Southern Virginia University women’s basketball team; pushing the team past Salem College on Monday afternoon by a score of 97-80. The win was the Knights’ third in a row.

In a thrilling back-and-forth game that saw five ties, nine lead changes, and an overtime period, the Southern Virginia University women’s basketball team outlasted Roanoke College on Friday night by a score of 69-65.

Southern Virginia University freshman Katie Garrish was named the Capital Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week after leading the Knights to a 2-0 record in the week from Nov. 19-25.

In a game where the lead changed 10 different times, the Southern University women’s basketball team used a third-quarter surge to win their third straight game and home opener by a score of 79-68 against Randolph College.

The Southern Virginia University women’s basketball team won its second game in as many days on Friday night, topping Clarks Summit University 83-44. After the first half of play, the Knights were winning 46-19 and ended up cruising to the 39-point win.

The Southern Virginia University women’s basketball team kicked off its season on Thursday with an 88-59 win over Bryn Mawr College, shooting over 45% from the field while holding their opponent to 25% shooting in a total team effort.